Content Objective: SWBAT explain reconstruction why was needed. Language Objective: SWBAT state the significance of Lincoln, Lee, and Douglass.

RECONSTRUCTION “Post Civil War”

What is it??

What were the 4 key issues 1) What to do with secessionists – Punish or welcome back 2) How to re-build the south – Plantations and farms destroyed. Towns and homes were burned to the ground – 3) How to work together and act as one country

More Key Issues 4) How to help the newly freed slaves They needed: Education, land, money, laws to protect their freedom ** All of these problems needed solutions during Reconstruction!!

Key People/Ideologies His Reconstruction plan was reconciliation (**which means to agree and come together**) He was willing to grant amnesty, “Saving the union was more important than punishing the South”

Key People/ Ideologies Also wanted to reconcile with the North. “We must reunite as Americans”, even though many still wanted to fight Became president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington and Lee University

Key People/Ideologies Fought for the adoption of Constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties

Warm Up: We will look at two maps. Write down: – What is each showing? (Look at the titles) – 1 fact about each map.

Content Objective: SWBAT describe the main ideas behind the Reconstruction Amendments (13 th, 14 th, 15 th ). Language Objectives: – SWBAT read and summarize the basic idea of each amendment. – SWBAT choose method to demonstrate knowledge of Reconstruction Amendments: drawing, analyzing change, or application.

Reconstruction Amendments 13 th Amendment (1865) – banned slavery in the United States and all of it’s territories

Reconstruction Amendments 14 th Amendment (1866) – grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

3 Key 15 th Amendment (1869) – ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude Reconstruction Amendments

Amendment Summary These three amendments (13 th, 14 th, and 15 th ) guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens Who still doesn’t have the right to vote? – Women

Content Objective: SWBAT compare Black Codes to Slavery Language Objective: SWBAT explain major policies of Reconstruction and their effects.

Reconstruction Policies/Problems African Americans could hold public office for the first time Former southern military leaders could not hold office Northern soldiers supervised the south

Southerners resented Northern Carpetbaggers who took advantage of the south after the civil war Reconstruction Policies/Problems

Political Cartoon: What do you see? What do you have questions about? What do you think it means?

Reconstruction policies/Problems Black Codes ( ) – Laws passed by the Southern states to limit the economic and physical freedom of the former slaves.

Reconstruction policies/Problems “trampled the rights of African Americans” Could be arrested and imprisoned for being unemployed Banned from owning/renting farms Illegal for a farmworker to walk beside a railroad Illegal to speak loudly in the company of white women Illegal to sell products of your farm after dark codes/video-origins-black-codes

Reconstruction policies/Problems Established Freedman’s Bureau in March 1865 A government agency created to help the former slaves – Distributed food, clothing and medical services – Established schools and provided teachers – Aided the construction of African American Universities – Distributed land for farming and sharecropping – Provided help with employment, transportation and fair wages

Reconstruction Policies/Problems Civil Rights Act of Granted equal rights and full citizenship to African Americans -Authorized the use of federal troops to enforce equal rights ** Made the Black Codes illegal**

Reconstruction Declines Content Objective: Discover the impact of the Jim Crow Laws Language Objective: Explain the importance of the Election of 1876.

Election of 1876  The election of 1876 was so corrupt, that neither side knew for sure who won.  Hayes (North) vs. Tilden (South)

Election of 1876  The election results were decided in the Compromise of *Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of the Compromise to decide the outcome of the election of 1876*

Compromise of 1877 was a result of the disputed 1876 Presidential election results North promised to: 1.give more aid ($) to the South 2.withdraw all of the remaining federal troops 3.Let Southerners handle the Race issue South promised to: 1.Maintain all African American Rights 2.recognize Hayes as the next President of the United States

Safari Montage Video

Jim Crow Laws Made segregation in the South legal Was upheld in infamous court case – Plessy Vs. Ferguson (1896) –ruled that separate but equal was ok. – Included restaurants, bathrooms, schools, churches, and even public transportation – Increased violence against African Americans and many rights gained during Reconstruction were lost

Jim Crow segregation Jim Crow segregation Discrimination – treating someone unfairly because of their race, gender, religion, place of birth, age, etc.

Try to Vote Activity

Voting Restrictions A fee you had to pay before you could vote Poll Tax Had to read difficult paragraphs or documents Literacy Tests

Content Objective: Compare and contrast Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois Language Objective: Explain the positions of Washington and Dubois on achieving African American equality.

African American Response to Jim Crow (2 opposing views)